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    Legislation provides for powerful Megasite Authority

    Legislators are scheduled to vote later today on the two Megasite bills expected to ...

    73rd Haywood Countian claimed by pandemic

    While the Coronavirus news improves almost every day there are still spots of bad ...

    Covid report October 18, 2021

    Coronavirus continues to weaken according to data released by the Tennessee Department of Health. ...

    County Commission selects new judge: Jenny Scott

    Jenny Scott will fill the unexpired term of General Sessions Judge J.R. Reid. Scott ...

    State government ready to spend nearly $1 billion on Megasite

    State legislators are in Nashville this week poised to act on legislation appropriating $883,893,300 ...

    Hospital dedication set right after New Year…services likely before then

    When BradenHealth dedicates the reopening of the newly named Haywood Community Hospital on January ...

    Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day Returns to Jackson October 23

    The City of Jackson’s Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day invites Haywood County residents to ...

    Calendar this week, October 15, 2021

    The Haywood County Commission meets this evening at the Justice Complex at 6pm Wednesday, ...

    Covid report, October 15, 2021

    In the state’s latest report there were 2047 new cases of Coronavirus confirmed across ...

    Shootings and wrecks keep emergency workers busy during weekend

    There were shooting incidents in Brownsville this past weekend. No one was hurt, but ...

    Tomcats #1—South Gibson #2—and they play tonight

    South Gibson is considered the number 2 team in the region—but the Tomcats, undefeated ...

    Covid report October 15, 2021

    There is one additional active case of Coronavirus in yesterday’s tally provided by the ...

    Ford has promised scholarships for Haywood Schools

    Haywood County Schools has probably gone on record as the first to feel the ...

    Ambulance workers ask county leaders to wait on sale of service

    In response to an invitation from County Commission Public Safety Committee Chair, Commissioner Alan O’Quinn, ...

    Changes downtown

    It looks like the decorative brick crosswalks installed downtown are no more. The Tennessee ...

    Covid 19 report, October 13, 2021

    Another decrease in the number of active cases of Coronavirus yesterday in Haywood County ...

    Regional Planning, what to do with ambulance service and the air ambulance contract—all tonight

    There are two meetings this afternoon. One important to the Blue Oval City development ...

    So just how much COVID Relief money is there—really?

    With the announcement that both schools and county government are scheduled to get millions ...